Our client require a Piping & Mechanical Calculation Engineer, situated in Brussels, for 10 months which will support two of Belgium's Nuclear Power Plants.

Key aspects to the job are as follows.....

* Manage the various aspects of structural integrity of mechanical components related to ASME Section III code for the construction/operation of existing or new Nuclear power plants.o Supervise all the calculations of the ASME III mechanical and piping components and including Class 1, 2&3 componentso Use and guide the other colleagues in Finite-Elements Studies (SYSTUS, ANSYS or / and PIPESTRESS code) for thermal and pressure fatigue evaluation of mechanical and piping components with respect to ASME codeo Familiar with the use of the ASME III code and able to lead other colleagues in its applicationo Aware of all the different analyses : mechanical, thermal and pressure transients applicable to all Class 1 mechanical and piping components of each belgian nuclear units* Help our Client to safely restart their nuclear units through fast and judicious justification for continuation in case of alteration of the structural integrity of an ASME component* Take charge of the invitation to tender, the technical and economical comparison between bids; the awarding of contracts, the review of external studies* Conduct the technical and commercial follow up of the contracts, including interfaces management* Write component technical specifications (performances, scope of supply and limits of supply definition ,design requirements, applicable ASME III criteria to meet)

PROFILE:* With several years of experience in stress and fatigue analysis of pressure vessels (piping, pumps, tanks, heat exchangers,..) * With experience in general purpose Finite Element (FE) codes such as PipeStress, Beamstress, Ansys, Systus, … for piping applications* Have a good knowledge of the mechanical properties of different steels and alloy steels used in this topic* With several years experience in application of pressure vessel codes such as ASME III, ASME VIII, RCC-M, CODAP, DIN, KTA, ...* With experienced in thermal fatigue (elastic or plastic) structural analysis and evaluation of the heat transfer coefficients in water, in steam, ... * With experienced to evaluate by FE calculation stresses for static loads or dynamic loads , in case of linear or non linear analysis* Knowledge of nuclear domain and safety is considered as an asset* Interested to become a high-level expert in this topic* Willing to coach less experienced young colleagues* Able to communicate in French or Dutch and English

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